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Chart 1:left: the bar plot shows the most winners since 1985-2019 in the tourney season. In NCAA, there are more than 1000 teams in the beginning which is regular season. And then there will be only 64 teams in the tourney season and they will fight for the final championship. This bar plot shows the team which win most game from 1985 to 2019. And obviously, Duke, North Carolina, Connecticut, Villanova and Kentucky had better performance as the traditional strong team.

Chart2: right: this bar plot shows several teams that participate the tourney season but lose more games than others. Surprisingly, Duke and Kentucky appeared in both two plots. It make sense because these two teams, as traditional strong teams, they participate the tourney team so many times, so it should be good that they win many games and also lose many games. And unfortunately, Michigan lose more games than others since 1985.

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Chart 1:left: This graph shows the higher seeds winning percentage of Elite eight game from 1985 to 2019. NCAA game not only included the game, but the seeds. The final step in the selection of teams is to determine the best 1-68 seed in each of the four divisions of the National Championship, based on the balance of their strengths.Before the real game, people may think that higher seeds team should be stronger, however, competitive sport is a battlefield of chance, and anything will happen in there. So this two plots shows whether the higher seeds team will won the real game in tourney season. This plot shows that anything will happen in NCAA, and it’ not surprise that underdog win the game. Especially in 2000 and after 2010, there are so many time that the team without high seeds win the game in Elite 8.

Chart 2:right: But how about the first round？Different from the Elite 8, first round prove the rationality of seeds. From 1985 to 2019, there are only four times that the higher seeds team lose game.

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For geographical part, I would like to check the strength of NCAA teams from each state’s perspective. Because during so many years, we already know which team are stronger in this league like Duke, Kentucky. Thus, this graph demonstrates the total score of each state. In this map, we can check that which state have stronger teams or higher level of participation in tourney season. Obviously, Ohio,CA, TX, FL and NY have more stronger teams and higher level of participation in tourney season.

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In this part, text graph was used to check the frequency of each state appeared in tourney season. we have checked the appearance of team and personally checking the frequency of a team’s presence in the NCAA tourney season has become a bit of a cliche. So I would like to change another angle to check that which state appeared more times in tourney season. According to the graph, Ohio, CA, NY, TX, NC, FL, MO, OK, PA appeared more in the tourney season.

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We have checked the participation of each state in tourney season by geographical map and text graph. Then the network graph will be used to show their(states) performance deeply. And we really found something. Ohio state, the team with the highest participation state in tourney season, didn’t obtain good grades in the tourney season. The network graph shows that Ohio state always play in the tourney season but it was quickly eliminated. And LA, AZ, TX,IN,GA,MN always played in the final round to win the final championship.